Making managers T
he University of Macau will introduce a master’s degree programme next year that meets the demand for managers in Southeast Asia’s casino-led resorts. Domestically, it is hoped that the two-year
course will cultivate more talented executives who will climb to senior posts. Classes begin in August and will be held in English. The programme coordinator of the Master of Science in International Integrated Resort Management Amy So Siu Ian, told Macau Business the course is a response to changes in the labour market and society’s needs.
Casino culture is altering the city’s academic landscape with the University of Macau launching a master’s degree in resort management
“In the past, gaming development was more about
casinos. Nowadays the trend isn’t to manage one casino only but an integrated resort,” says Ms So, who also leads the university’s bachelor programme in hospitality and gaming management. “Therefore we feel it’s time to open a higher level programme to help develop Macau.” Planning for the new course began two years ago,
according to the director of the university’s Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming, Davis Fong Ka Chio. With Macau poised to shape itself as an international leisure destination, Mr Fong says his academics knew that integrated resorts would be one component of the city’s overall offering. “A master’s degree is important to boost a person’s managerial capabilities and help them move upwards in a company,” he says.
Filling gaps
Mr Fong says the building of integrated resorts is a global trend, one that is on the rise throughout Asia. It is also an era of full-on competition for talent from every corner of the world. Macau must have an “international horizon”, with the ambition that the course’s graduates “can go beyond Asia”. “In a broader sense, we hope to foster more talents for Macau in order to become a world travel and leisure hub,” he says. Course graduates will have the capability to “think in an integrative way” and manage a business with a high degree of quality and efficiency. Ms So says the course should produce senior managers, helping middle management move ahead and filling gaps where “personnel lack high-level
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